Ibizology Podcast
1) Ben Dunwell: The Dark Between Our Fires
Ibiza-based writer, Ben Dunwell, has just published the second in a series of novels about the early settlers on the island, who arrived here around 650BC. The Dark Between Our Fires also references t...Show More
2) Andrés Coll: Ibizan percussionist and musician
Andrés Coll is a professional Ibizan percussionist and musician who loves to fuse the sounds of Ibizan folk music with other musical traditions. Andrés sees a connection between the music of Africa an...Show More
3) Islamic Ibiza with Jordi Vives Colomar
For foreigners like me who are the latest invaders of Ibiza, it is fascinating to delve into the history of this jewel in the Mediterranean Sea. Most of us are vaguely aware that it has been conquered...Show More
4) 70 years of Las Dalias with Juan Mari "Juanito"
We meet Juan Mari “Juanito” who took over the famous Las Dalias hippie market and music venue from his father in the 1980’s. Founded in 1954, Juanito describes how local families from St Carles would ...Show More
5) Rebecca Frayn - environmental activist, film director and author of Lost in Ibiza.
For this episode I travel high into the hills above San Vicente to meet the author, environmental activist and film director Rebecca Frayn who has just published Lost in Ibiza. This is a novel about c...Show More
6) Emma Salahi: Oriol Maspons Ibiza - hedonism and humour in the 1980's
Emma Salahi is co-producer of a new Ibiza photobook featuring the work of the famous Spanish photographer Oriol Maspons. He visited Ibiza from the 1950’s to the 1980’s and captured the essence of the ...Show More
7) How marine archaeology explains Ibiza's history: Enrique Aragon
With Ibiza being such an important trans-Mediterranean trading post since the Phoenicians set foot on the island, the seas around the island contain a real treasure trove of ship wrecks. Marine archae...Show More
8) 'Voyage and Discovery': a portrait of Ibiza in 1932 by Conor O'Brien
'Voyage and Discovery' by Conor O'Brien is an account of the sailor and travel-writer's journey by boat to the White Isle where they moored up in Ibiza harbour for almost a year in 1932. His vivid des...Show More
9) Ethnomusicologist and Ibiza expert Judith Cohen
Regular Ibizology listeners will, by now, be very familiar with the Ibizology intro/outro music. This haunting music was recorded in the 1950’s in Ibiza by the American ethnomusicologist, Alan Lomax. ...Show More
10) SOS Club Nautico!
For almost 100 years Ibiza’s club Nautico has stood in the city’s harbour, not far from the Formentera ferry terminal. The club, an institution much-loved by Ibicencos, has seen the area around it tr...Show More